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vRS Carl:
Been considering an upgrade to SSD for a while now. I am computer savvy but not to sure about SSD at the moment.

I currently have:

Apple MacBook Pro 15" Unibody (June 09 version)
2.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4Gb DDR3 1066mhz Ram
500Gb 7200 Rpm HDD (i upgraded this from the 5400 rpm one it came with)

Now i prefer not to carry loads of stuff around with me. I have my iPad for that.

However for UK based work i carry in addition to the MBP & Power Cables:

500Gb Portable HDD which is used purely for Time Machine
500Gb Portable HDD which has all my Films on (of all varieties  :evilgrin:)
500Gb Portable HDD which has all my Data/Work stuff on.

Now if i decide to go for a 240Gb SSD Drive (like this ONE Ifti installed) will i still get the same speed as the Data being accessed is on a 7200rpm drive therefore will only go so fast. Or will i get a big increase.

I know that the start up both for the OS & Apps will be quicker but will it all just slow down due to using the External drive.

Also can you run VMWare on an SSD Drive.

Would it be possible to retain the current HDD in the machine and Also install an SSD or would it just be a case of one or the other?

StephenED30:
Just run some tests on my computer  with crystal  disc mark


 
Hard disc C is a Crucial M225 256Gb, and D is a Samsung spinpoint F1 1TB.
Dont forget you will get better battery life if this is a laptop.
Other than that sorry dont know anything about Macs.

Hedge:
An SSD will/should behave exactly the same as a normal HDD except much faster.

Ultimately the Mac will need to have a Sata II interface to get the most out of it but even if not you should see an improvement.

VMWare and other stuff should just work as before. If you are concerned about external HDD performance use Firewire.

bacillus:
Just a word of warning here  :scared:

The present Apple software doesn't support TRIM (this is important to keep your ssd running at it's best). Without TRIM your SSd performance will slowly degrade, the rate dependent on how much writing and deletions you perform. atm only Windows 7 supports TRIM.

Hedge:
The MacBook Air uses SSD so just buy one of those Carl. http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

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